# Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy is a special school in Redcar and Cleveland, for pupils aged 3 to 19.

It had 197 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E139110. [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Academy special converter
- Ages: 3 to 19
- Pupils: 197
- Council: Redcar and Cleveland
- URN: 139110

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), May 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 17 May 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Redcar and Cleveland and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Redcar and Cleveland | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 45.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 65.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 16 | – | – |

Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Peter's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-church-of-england-primary-school-e145671): 40 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Freebrough Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/freebrough-academy-e147541): 190 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Badger Hill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/badger-hill-academy-e143618): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Skelton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/skelton-primary-school-e140319): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139110)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139110)

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